Automated
Grain Storage Monitoring System
Skyway uses an automated grain storage monitoring system from OPI
Systems, the StorMax Temperature Monitoring System.
The StorMax monitor collects all of the data in seconds from individual
bins or an entire storage facility. All of the data is retained
in the on board memory and it can also be downloaded to your PC.
The system can also be linked directly to StorMax Pro, an automated
PC-based system that allows you to monitor grain temperature 24/7,
sounds an alarm if grain temperature reaches a critical degree,
and automatically controls aeration and drying equipment, based
on grain temperature and weather conditions.
StorMax is also designed to connect to an expanding range of components,
such as in-store grain moisture and electronic insect detection.
The system can grow with your operation.
Automated Grain Bin Monitoring from Your Home
OPI Systems makes it possible to gather and analyse all of your
bin monitoring data from 20 miles away! With their PC-Based Monitoring
and Control Systems you can have the data relayed to your home computer
and control everything that goes on at the bin site from there.
The OPI Graphical Interface Monitoring and Alarms, (OPIGIMA) allows
you to gather and transmit data about the state of you stored grain.
The OPIGIMA monitor and Alarms for:
- Temperature Cables
- Existing OPI-ONE, thermocouple and thermistor cables
- Other field devices from the PC
- Wireless Communication
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addition to monitoring your stored grain, you can be proactive about
grain storage management, with the OPIGIMAC control system. OPIGIMAC
allows you to take action to respond to the data you collect from
your monitoring system.
OPIGIMAC adds automated control of:
- Aeration
- Heaters
- Ventilation fans
A bin side Weather Station measures ambient Relative Humidity and
Temperature as input to control grain moisture and temperature.
Controls can be set to give an alarm when any grain storage parameter
is breached so that corrective action can be taken immediately.
OPIGIMAC has a 2-D graph screen showing history of temperature,
moisture, fan/heater run-time, and everything else.
The Wireless option has a range up to 20 miles so no matter how
remote the grain bin is from your PC, data is always at your fingertips.
OPIGIMAC
Aeration Model
Use the OPIGIMAC modeling program to;
- Help design your aeration and control system
- Analyze what is possible given your specific site conditions
- Test possible control strategies
- Help set system control parameters
And last, but not least, you don't have to start over with StorMax.
Your existing system can be retrofitted by adding StorMax adapters.
Automated Monitoring Alarm and Controls
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